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The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd staked out The Paley Festival’s “Chuck” event and came away with some geeky nuggets.
The audience learned:
* how “Chuck” was partly inspired by Jack Bauer and “24”;
* the title of the series could have been “Scenario Five” (a title I like a lot better);
* Chuck originally had a very different love interest;
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If NBC is ordering more episodes, maybe the writers’ strike really is almost over.
TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello has the scoop that NBC has upped the episode orders for both “Chuck” and “Life” from 13 episodes to 22.
Read all of Ausiello’s story on the matter here.
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TV Guide says:
A top scientist attempts to remove all government secrets from Chuck's brain. But when the scientist is mysteriously killed, the NSA's Casey and the CIA's Sarah blame one another for the assassination---with Chuck caught in the middle of their battle. Elsewhere, Sarah goes undercover, working at a gourmet hot-dog joint to keep an eye on Chuck.
What TV Guide is not telling you:
Chuck learns what happened to Oceanic 815, which crashed on an entirely different network. CIA Sarah’s new employer is Weinerlicious, and it suddenly attracts a growing customer base of teenage boys. NSA John Casey does not do well with Buy More customer service exercises. Best friend Morgan finds the Ramones album he was looking for. And Chuck’s sister has Sarah over for dinner. The episode makes excellent use of the 1982 Violent Femmes classic “Gone Daddy Gone”! At episode's end we learn something of great importance to Chuck will happen in six months.
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“Chuck”: 8 p.m. Monday. NBC.
“Heroes”: 9 p.m. Monday. NBC.
“Journeyman”: 10 p.m. Monday. NBC.
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“Chuck” is a sci-fi action-comedy, from “O.C.” mastermind Josh Schwartz, about a Seth Cohen-ish electronics-store employee who suddenly discovers his college frenemy has downloaded an astonishing amount of sensitive government data into his brain without his permission.
Agents of the U.S. government are not happy, and must decide whether to use Chuck or to chuck Chuck.
The pilot has a pretty, Bristow-esque CIA secret agent out to seduce the title character, while a more menacing NSA operative (“Firefly’s” Adam Baldwin, playing what could be the angrier cousin of his “The Inside” FBI character) has other ideas.
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The official premieres of NBC’s four new fall dramas are still at least 11 days away, but the network is determined you see them early.
We’ve known for a while that Blockbuster has been renting the pilots of “Bionic Woman,” “Chuck,” “Journeyman” and “Life” to its customers.
I got an email late Wednesday telling me that cable systems carrying something called HD Showcase On Demand are also making the pilots available. (I get On Demand and HD via Time Warner here in Studio City, Calif., but my customer care rep just assured me that I don’t get HD On Demand in my area for at least another seven months.)
Finally, those who crave instant gratification (but don’t want to risk NBC Universal and the MPAA suing them - or their parents – for hundreds of thousands of dollars over bittorrent copyright infringement), can currently also rent the pilots via Unbox, which apparently works with both computers and TiVo. Click on the photos to watch. All are FREE!
I recommend starting with “Chuck,” which is a sci-fi comedy actioner created by “O.C.” mastermind Josh Schwartz. It co-stars “Full Metal Jacket”/”Firefly” vet Adam Baldwin as an angry government goon.
For those content to wait, the NBC premiere dates:
Chuck: Sept. 24
Journeyman: Sept. 24
Bionic Woman: Sept. 26
Life: Sept. 26
SUPERMAN: DOOMSDAY
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Comic Con San Diego is screening Friday two of my favorite pilots of the fall season.
“Reaper,” a CW comedy-adventure hourlong about a kid sold to Satan by his parents, screens 11 a.m. in Ballroom 20.
“Chuck,” an NBC comedy-adventure hourlong from Josh Schwartz (“The O.C.”) about a geek who unexpectedly gets top government secrets uploaded into his melon, screens 2:45 p.m. in Room 6B.
I think these shows have also been floating around something called the “bittorrents” for some time now, so if you’re determined to voice your views on these projects, you’re welcome to use to the talkback area below.
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It looks like the success of "Heroes" has emboldened NBC to stick with the strange. (Bet they're glad they didn't give up after "Surface" tanked!)
The network doesn’t announce its fall slate till Monday, but Mike Ausiello at TV Guide already has some of its key components:
* “The Bionic Woman,” a scifi drama about a cyborg babe, from writer-producer David Eick (“Battlestar Galactica”) and writer Laeta Kalogridis (“Alexender,” “Battle Angel”).
* “Journeyman,” a scifi drama about a dude who keeps traveling back through time to fix stuff, from writer Kevin Falls (“The West Wing,” “North Shore”).
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Some interesting pilot news from NBC:
* “Chuck,” "The OC" mastermind Josh Schwartz’s new comedy-adventure pilot about twentysomething spies, has been greenlit for production.
* The “Bionic Woman” pilot, overseen by David Eick ("Battlestar Galactica") and Laeta Kalogridis ("The Dive"), has been OK’d for production if the network can find the right girl.
* “Fort Pit,” the cop pilot from Peter Tolan & Denis Leary (“The Job,” “Rescue Me”), is also going before cameras. It’s about a troubled NYPD precinct.
Learn more of these here.
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